William Attewell
William Attewell
Born: 12 June 1861, Keyworth, Nottinghamshire
Died: 11 June 1927, Long Eaton, Derbyshire
Major Teams: Nottinghamshire, England.
Known As: William Attewell
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Medium
Test Debut: England v Australia at Adelaide, 1st Test, 1884/85
Last Test: England v Australia at Adelaide, 3rd Test, 1891/92
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1892
Career Statistics:
TESTS
(career)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 10 15 6 150 43* 16.66 0 0 9 0
Balls M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 2850 326 626 28 22.35 4-42 0 0 101.7 1.31
FIRST-CLASS
(career: 1881 - 1899)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 429 644 68 8083 102 14.03 1 27 364 0
Balls R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 108263 29896 1951 15.32 9-23 134 27 55.4 1.65
- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.
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Profile:
A cricketer of considerable accomplishments, William Attewell (known
as Dick to his team-mates) was best known as a bowler of unremitting
accuracy and length. He
bowled at medium pace, varying pace, flight and spin cleverly, and
rarely bowled a loose ball. He used his abilities to perfect "off
theory", popular in the 1890s, where he frustrated the batsman by
bowling wide of the off stump to a packed off-side field. He was a
fine fielder in the covers, and a more than useful batsman with a
first-class century to his name (and a double hundred for MCC v
Northumberland). A Nottinghamshire man, he came into the county side
in 1881, and rarely left it until his retirement nineteen years
later. He took 100 wickets in a season ten times, and toured Australia
three times, most successfully in 1887-8.
After retirement he became a first-class umpire, and later the
professional at Shrewsbury School, where a young Neville Cardus was
his assistant. His brother Thomas also played briefly for
Nottinghamshire (DL, 2000).
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